St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-10
BRAZEN FURNITURE.
A Pretty Fashion which is Now All
the Rage.

the Rage.
New York Express.
When the popular taste began some time
ago to lean towards articles made of brass
many persons laughed at what they called a
spasm, and said it could not last long, but if
the trade done in this line of goods is any
thing to go by, the craze is increasing. POpu-
lar taste, in fact is running riot in this re-
gard. Fancy woodwork, SO popular year
or so ago. is practically out of the market.
Not only is this metal used in the manu-
factlre of bric-a-brac and ornamental
pieces, but in many of the recently-built
dwellings it constitutes much OF
the practical and substantial ap-
pointments. For portieres, mantel
facings, and stair castings polished brass
has been in common use for a long time,
but it was not until recently that it took
the place of softer and less expensive
materials in the manufacture of panel
ings for doors, stills. baluster rails.
balconies and the like. Its use in
the manufacture of household articles
has knocked good-sized hole in
the furniture business, for portion of a
dwelling can to- day be furnished in brass,
from the kitchen poker up to child's
swinging crib. An article of this kind
"a brass bassinet-covered by canopy,
costs $50. A simple crib, however, can be
bought for $35. Single brass bedsteads
are worth S4S, while those of
double size range in price from S3S
| to 500. Among the new designs in beds
is canopy which, while 1t extends only
| over the pillows, is a very handsome piece
| of furniture. The head and foot pieces are
made in variously fashioned patterns, as
| ol, fIo re, IN ,in.,
| can be had in damask, merino, silk or satin
| burned they are practical and useful as well
as ornamental.
Brass cabinets. forty and sixty inches
high, with four or five shelves, are also be-
| ing made. They cost from $40 up. The
top and stanchions are of highly polished
metal, but the shelves are made of solid
mahogany. Polished brass dressing cases,
with beveed glass mirrors, though
pretty and elegant, are very eX-
penSive. So also are the brass
chairs. To furnish reception-room or
parlors with brass chairs would be novel and
dainty, but at $40 each most people would
have to be content with one or two. To the
designs, patterns, and shapes of the various
articles made of this metal there seems to
beno end. The appearance of room is great
ly enhanced by brass easel, as is also the
looks of the picture to which it gives sup
port. The number of articles made of
brass runs up into the thousands already
and the end is not yet. Shaving stands,
wall pockets. fire-screens. and such things
exist in countless varieties. The most pop
ular conceits are the umbrella stand, usually
made in hammered goods, circular in form
and about foot in diameter; coal scuttles,
used chiefly by people who have open fire
places and CRATES, to stand beside the fire.
place; match boxes. whisk-broom holders,
ash receivers and hall racks in polished oak
with brass mountings. Small thermometers
or clocks are sometimes set in the head of
a tennis racket. The latest card picture
holder is made of brass in the semblance OF
La flat-iron. 1t is in the appointing of a
Eheuse. however, that the craze is now